Traction whxel



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TRACTIGN WH APPLICATION FILED mm 1. 1912.

Patented Aug 15,1916.

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' ITNESSES N INVENTOR W2, (5. M w gym RUDOLPH B. MORTON, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TRACTION-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filedMay 1, 1912. Serial No. 694,377.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH B. MORTON. a citizen of the United States, residing at leveland, in. the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Inun'ovements in Traction whcels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain. new and useful improvements in traction wheels.

()ne of the objects of the invention is to provide a wheel of the character mentioned which will be simple in construction. light in weight and adapted to withstand the se vere strains to which traction wheels are subjected.

.A. further object to provide improved means for transmitting the pulling strains of the driving power from the hub of the wheel to the rim thereof in a central line and in such manner as to relieve the carrying spokes from such strains, and to thereby prevent distortion of the wheel.

A further object is to provide improved. selt'clea11iI1g tractors.

A further object is to provide an improved hub of simple construction and. means for cilectivcly connecting the same to an axle.

A further object is to provide improved means for preventing sl id .lin;; of the wheel.

The" invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the i'lainzs.

in t accompanying drawings: Figure o ole ion of my improved tracl ig. is an edge v thereof. t cmss section of the hub illush connection with an axle of a traction t' inc. Fig. -1- is a sa'dional view or: the line -l---l Fig. 1 with th spokes remm'ed. Fig. 5 is a, sectional iew on the ban 5 For Figs. (1 and 'Z ave views illustrating protector blocks and the means for securing them in position on the wheel.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates my improved Wheel as an entirety, the same being made up of the hub 11, the rim 12, and the load carrying spokes 13 connecting the hub and the rim. The hub is provided at its ends with the annular flanges 1 f, 14", one of which forms an annular chamber or recess '11:. The rim of the Wheel is formed. apart annuiar men'ibers iii in iron. and emnected by arranged (i-2 is 17 said i was to the latoral or tread portions of the angle irons 16. Said Cleats are provided with V-shaped tractor portions. By providing the spaced apartangle irons 16 and connecting them by means of spaced apart cleats 17 a struc-,

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length of said spokes to permit truing of 1 the wheel, and the nuts 22 serving to lock the spokes when so adjusted. Thus the spokes are arranged in two sets. The spokes of the set that pass through flange 141 also pass through the angle'iron on the'corresponding side of the rim, and the spokesthat pass through the flanges 14 connect said flanges with the other ring of the rim,

so that the plane of drive through the wheel is central.

The hub 11 is keyed or otherwise secured to a tubular axle 30 through which is passed a rod 31. said rod being also passed through a securing rap provided with a flat bearing face 33 for a securing nut 34 working on said rod. The cap 32 is provided with a flange which snugly fits over the outer end of the hub 11. so that said cap will rolate with said hub. The axle 30 is rotatably mounted in a sleeve 36 and a sand band, or other similar protecting device 38, is secured to said sleeve and located within the annu lar chamber 11').

In order to take the pulling strain of the load off of the spokes 13 and to prevent distortion of the wheel, I provide suitable pulling rods 40. These rods are arranged tangentially of the hub 11, and are each provided at one end with an eye 41 to receive bolts 42 secured to the vertical flanges of the angle irons 16, the other end of each pulling rod being threaded and passed through perforated lugs 43 secured to the rim of the hub 11. The tension on said 'pull ing rods is regulated by means of nuts e4. It will be noted in this connection that I have illustrated pulling rods 40 arranged to take up the pulling strains when the Wheel 4 2- w'o'pse minim: rum ET? Lin) fmvzu'd. iiie middi l Hf I hub, @is 'tion of the: Wimai uiuiirv Q" at strain 1i" why Ijaf'tjVtfiUJCi.

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